Keira breathed in the ocean air. It was a nice reprieve from the school. Oh, she loved teaching, and she loved the students, but sometimes she needed a break. Learning to teach people was hard, especially when it came to curses she'd never actually practiced.
Nero lay a slight distance away from her, sunbathing. The cat glanced at his master and blinked, slow and lazy as was the feline way.
"It's good you got out," his voice danced in her head. "You needed a break. You were working yourself to the bone."
Keira sighed and responded through their mental link. "I know, I just love the job so much, and there's still a lot I have to experience and understand. The students are nicer than I thought they would be."
@Arcadia — For your angel!
How many days.....has it been since I left heaven. Three? Four? It hadnt even been the week but Uzziel still missed Heaven to no end. He long to guard the gates and to guide the souls to the gates and smite the unholy down to the pits of hell. It was what he did best. But orders were orders. He had to thank the lord himself the archangels let him keep his armor and blade. It was the last thing he had to remind himself of his home. As Uzziel still was waiting for a response on his application to join the police, today was the perfect day to just take walk across the beach. There surprisingly werent many people there. Perhaps weirded out by the sight of a six foot man walk across the beach in heavily plated steel armor. Uzziel walked with a smile on his face, thinking back to his days in heaven. He almost trampled a lady while he was walking. He quickly stopped himself, realizing what was happening. He stopped a foot from where she was, looking down at her with is cold metal helmet, his blue eyes barely showing. "I apologize dear child. I didnt see you there."
Keira gasped as something large, cold, and metallic nearly ran her over. Her voice caught in her throat. Nero hissed in surprise and leaped to his feet, back arched and fur raised. When the man stopped and apologized, the cat huffed and slowly and haughtily laid himself down again, eyes on the plated figure.
Keira rested a hand against her chest, catching her breath with a light bout of laughter. Her heart took a second to calm, but once it had, she wasn't quite put off by him. When living on manta Carlos, one got used to intimidating figures. "That's quite all right. I should have been paying attention; I just didn't expect anyone to be in this spot."
She smiled and let her eyes linger along his torso, taking a moment to inspect the armor there. "Did you just get off the boat? I surely hope that isn't your usual beach attire. Not unless you can breathe underwater."
Uzziel look at the girl before chuckling. "I see no purpose in bathing in the water god gave us currently. Nor do I think Ill ever see the need to in this place." Uzziel took a moment to breathe and think before speaking once more. "This armor is the armor of heavens gatekeepers. I see no reason not to show my rank as it is one of the largest honors an angel in heaven can recieve."
"Bathing?" Keira didn't know what to say to that. "Swimming isn't like bathing. You're supposed to take a shower once you swim in salt or chlorine, actually." Keira paused, taking in what he said. "A Gatekeeper of Heaven, you say? I've honestly never heard of such a thing."